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John Brennan, 18-year WTTW-WFMT Trustee, Has Died, Age 60

Brennan was an active and engaged leader, serving on nearly every committee of the WTTW-WFMT board.

Angelica LasalaAugust 18, 2017

Hear These Uncovered Piano Masterworks from Haiti

Angelica LasalaAugust 16, 2017

Hear Astor Piazzolla’s Tango Take on Vivaldi’s ‘Four Seasons’

Hannah EdgarAugust 14, 2017

After Gathering Dust for 200 Years, How Haydn’s Cello Concerto No. 1 Was Rediscovered

German opera director Harry Kupfer dies at 84

Associated PressDecember 31, 2019

Harry Kupfer, the longtime opera director of Berlin's Komische Oper, has died at the age of 84. Kupfer's management agency says he died Monday “after lengthy illness” in Berlin.

6 Easy Steps to Finding a New Instrument

Kylie HarwellDecember 30, 2019

If you or your child have a passion for music — or even a mild curiosity — there is no better time to seize the day.

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The Secrets to Heavenly Singing from Peter Phillips, Conductor and Founder of the Tallis Scholars

Stephen RaskauskasAugust 10, 2017

"A choir is like any instrument. But because it's people, a choir is an instrument that varies far more than a string orchestra would vary, for example, or an organ."

Help Us Decide if Chopin’s ‘Marche Funèbre’ Played Backwards Is More Morose Than the Original

Angelica LasalaAugust 9, 2017

The third movement of Frédéric Chopin’s Sonata No. 2 in B Flat Minor, Op. 35 – better known as his “Marche funèbre,” or funeral march – is one of the most iconic pieces of music ever written about death. Historians believe this somber movement was inspired, at least in part, by the November Uprising, a Polish rebellion against the Russian ...

9 New Concert Halls That Should Be on Every Traveler’s Bucket List

Galilee AbdullahAugust 8, 2017

Concert halls today are so architecturally innovative that the buildings themselves draw visitors. The venues on this list are so spectacular, they’ll be sure to have you checking to see just how many more vacation days you have left.

Sunday Afternoons with Robbie Ellis